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Aregawi Tsegasellase
Aregawi is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Abeba Aregawi (born 1990), Ethiopian-born Swedish middle-distance runner *Abuna Aregawi, Ethiopian saint *Amare Aregawi, Ethiopian journalist *Sebhat Aregawi Sebhat Aregawi (died 28 February 1914) was a ''Ras'' of Agame. He was appointed governor of Agame by Emperor Tewodros II in 1859, and his province was expanded by Emperor Yohannes IV to include Adigrat. Emperor Menelik II invested Sebhat with ... (?–1914), Ethiopian Ras {{surname Surnames of African origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abeba Aregawi
Abeba Aregawi Gebretsadik ( Amharic: አበባ አረጋዊ ;born 5 July 1990) is an Ethiopian-Swedish retired middle-distance runner who specialised in the 1500 metres. She won the bronze medal in the 1500 m at the 2012 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the World Championships in 2013. She represented both Ethiopia and Sweden internationally. Biography Aregawi was born in Adigrat, Ethiopia in the Tigray Region. She represented Ethiopia internationally until December 2012, after she became a naturalized Swedish citizen. She represented the Stockholm-based club Hammarby IF to January 2016. Aregawi was married to an Ethiopian man with Swedish citizenship and lived in Stockholm from 2009 to 2012. She is now remarried to Yemane Tsegay and lives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Athletic career 2009 Aregawi emerged as an 800 metres runner in 2009 by winning the Ethiopian title in the event ahead of three-time champion Mestawet Tadesse. She competed at a number of European meets after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abuna Aregawi
Abuna Aregawi (also called Za-Mika'el Aragawi) was a sixth-century Syrian monk and canonized by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, as well as by the Ethiopian Catholic Church, as well as the Eritrean Orthodox Church. He is one of the Nine Saints, who came from the Roman Empire to Ethiopia, and are credited for founding many monasteries and churches and was the main force behind installing monasticism in Ethiopia David Buxton, ''Travels in Ethiopia'', second edition (London: Benn, 1957), p. 126 Tradition holds that Abuna Aregawi founded the monastery Debre Damo in Tigray Region of Ethiopia, which is said to have been commissioned by Emperor Gebre Mesqel of Axum. Biography He is one of the Nine Saints of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. These learned monks came from various parts of the Roman Empire to escape persecution after the Council of Chalcedon (451). Once in Ethiopia, they revitalized Christianity in Ethiopia, and to whom the Ge'ez version of the New Testament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amare Aregawi
Amare Aregawi () is an Ethiopian journalist and the founder of Media & Communications Center, which publishes The Reporter (Ethiopia), an Amharic and English newspaper headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He is the editor-in-chief of the bilingual newspaper and co-owner of the Ethiopian TV network ARTS TV. Journalism career Aregawi was previously in charge of Ethiopia's only public television network, EBC (formerly ETV) following the fall of the Derg dictatorship in 1991. In 2008 he was arrested in connection with an article about labor practices that criticized Dashen Brewery, a local beer brand. The brewery filed a defamation suit against the newspaper which led to the arrest of Aregawi on 22 August 2008. He was released shortly thereafter on bail. Reporters Without Borders condemned the arrest and issued a statement saying ''"Amare's unjustified arrest exposes the unfairness of legislation that allows journalists to be imprisoned for defamation"''. Shortly after his arr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebhat Aregawi
Sebhat Aregawi (died 28 February 1914) was a ''Ras'' of Agame. He was appointed governor of Agame by Emperor Tewodros II in 1859, and his province was expanded by Emperor Yohannes IV to include Adigrat. Emperor Menelik II invested Sebhat with the title of ''Ras'' in 1892. Biography ''Ras'' Sebhat was the son of ''Dejazmatch'' Aregawi Sabagadis of Agame, and grandson of the popular governor of Tigray, ''Ras'' Sabagadis Woldu. At the time he challenged ''Ras'' Mangesha Yohannes, who had succeeded his slain father Yohannes IV and was asserting his supremacy in Tigray, Sebhat was described as "a clever and intelligent man in his early forties, an excellent administrator but not a distinguished warrior." Sebhat submitted to the overlordship of ''Ras'' Mangesha 11 September 1889, following the death of Emperor Yohannes IV ''Ras'' Mangesha's father. However, on 31 October of that year he secretly informed Eritrean governor Antonio Baldissera that he preferred Menilek's rule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
